[1862]
Aug. 3. Took evening walk to Sandytown. Found Teucrium Canadense just ready
to blossom, and a very small Gratiola (=a depauperation of G. Virginica
[sic]) which does not seem to be Virginiana, also a remarkable grass
(Alopecurus aristulatus?) East of Porter Thompson's on Niagara St., near the
fence, found Linaria vulgaris, Verbascum Lychnitis? Delphinium consolida
& a compound flower, probably a Coreopsis (=C. tinctoria).

[1862]
Aug. 8. To Portage by 5 A. M. train, left for home in the 4 P.M. train, &
was kept at Attica 2-3 hours, so that I did not reach Buffalo until between
10 & 11 P.M. Ought to have left Portage in the 7 P.M. train. By the
Bridge, east side, at Portage, found Symphitum officinale, below it, by the
River side, Erysinum cheiranthoides. On the bank, west side, (indeed, all
over) Gaultheria procumbens, 2 specimens of Monarda (Gray decided it to be a
form of M. fistulosa, but now, 1866, I still imagine it to be a distinct
species, it is always weak stemmed & often decumbent, & everyway a
more delicate plant), Corallorhiza multiflora. On the east side of the River,
by the r.r., about 1/2 mile from the tavern, the Macrotrys (Cimifuga)
abundant, Pycnanthemum incanum, & several specimens of Polgala Senega? (!
broader leaved than about Buffalo) Also Polygala verticillata & Lechea
major? (=L. minor) not in flower, a Desmodium, Veronica Virginica, Gerardia
flava, Lysimachia quadrifolia, in fruit. A Hieracium, an Azalea (nudiflora!)
& Corylus rostrata in fruit. Archangelica hirsuta, Mentha piperita.
Gathered also the Epigaea (past flowering) a Gnaphalium, an Antennaria &
Leersia oryzoides

[1862]
Aug. 13? [sic] After breakfast, called at Dr. Van Duzee's, & thence,
strolled to & westwardly of Delaware Street. Collected, in a weedy,
ploughed field, growing spontaneously, what a Dutchman working therein called
Dill, but I don't see the broad margins of the seed. (It turned out to be
Coriandrum sativum.) 2 species of Sonchus (S. asper & S. oleraceus) a
very coarse grass, & commonish garden weed, the Dactylis? (=Panicum
crus-galli.), Galeopsis tetrahit.

[1862]
Aug. 14. Eighteen Mile Creek, thence walked to Angola. Nothing new, unless it
be an Aster or two. The Arabis I found, in the wood, at the mouth of Eighteen
Mile Creek, on my first visit, is well in seed. On the road to Angola, found
2 specimens of Mimulus alatus, & Polygonum. In wood at Angola, Pyrola
elliptica? Collected Ostrya Virginica in fruit, 2 specimens of Eupatorium
ageratoides? Eupatorium purpureum? (leaves in twos.) Desmodium Canadense,
Nabalus alba, Tanacetum vulgare.

[1862]
Aug. 15. Morning. Walked to Sandytown, picked up some weeds. Afternoon, in
Smuggler's Run, Bidens Beckii. Walked up Squaw Island, Nesaea verticillata.
Collected Verbena urticifolia. [Note that Clinton's last entry (Verbena) may
not have been collected on Squaw Island but someplace on his way home for the
day.]

[1862]
Aug. 18. Afternoon, on the Plains. Collected Gerardia tenuifolia, Eupatorium
perfoliatum, & a variety of weeds. A large radical leaved plant, which
Day & I have noticed there for at least a couple of months, both in the
groves & in the open field between the grove at the quarry's & the
grove southerly of the 2d wood beyond the tollgate, & which has not
thrown up any stem. The leaves are now wilted & withering. I collected
the leaves & found one or two dried stalks with capsules of the last year
(?) Day thinks it is Frasera Carolinensis, & it probably is (!). In the
night, left, on the Central Railroad, with my wife & daughter for
Richfield Springs, Otsego County, in Company with Mr. George Stevensen &
his daughter Amelia.

[1862]
Aug. 19. Arrived at Herkimer early in the morning & waited until 11 A.M.
for the Stage. At Herkimer, Verbascum blattaria & Linaria vulgaris are
common weeds. Noticed Rudbeckia hirta (Saw it also at Richfield.) Collected a
Mentha probably a form of Canadensis. Lycopus virginicus? Campanula
rapunculoides escaped from garden, Melilotus officinalis, Cichorium intybus,
a Solidago & an Aster.

[1862]
Aug. 19b. At Richfield Springs, afternoon, rode with Henry L. Clinton, one
mile, to Schuyler Lake & some way along it. Found, by the road side,
Hieracium Canadense, in ditch, at the Lake House, Hydrocotyle Americana.

[1862]
Aug. 20. Rowed on Schuyler Lake. Collected Ranunculus reptans &
Vallisneria spiralis. Also a very small Plantago from the gravelly margin of
the Lake (merely P. major!) and an Aster. Goodyera (repens, if I remember
right) in a wood. Picked up some shells for Mr. Robinson. Afternoon.
Rowed my wife & Mr. Stevenson. On the west side of the Lake, found
Hippuris vulgaris.

[1862]
Aug. 21. Before breakfast, walked the hills. Found Blephilia hirsuta.
Collected an Aster & 2 or 3 Solidagoes, also Phlox paniculata, remote
from habitation, in a bushy meadow, in one spot, not scattered. After
breakfast, walked easterly, on the turnpike, 2 or 3 miles to the Little
Lakes. In the marsh at the foot of the first, found Drosera rotundifolia,
Platanthera psycodes? (of an unusual aspect, Spiranthes cernua? Epilobium
molle, Cicuta bulbifera, also Menyanthes trifoliata, Sarracenia purpurea,
& a variety of Andromeda, &c., all, of course, past flower.
Afternoon. Rowed in the Lake. Collected Polygonum fluitans (had collected, in
the morning, P. amphibium v. terrestris and Brasenia peltata (in seed). Note.
On the hills, about & on the road to Richfield, the Eupatorium
ageratoides was very abundant. I regret that I did not collect it. The leaves
were very much larger than those of the E. ageratoides as it grows about
Buffalo, & it may be that it is not that species.)

[1862]
Aug. 22. Returned home alone. Stopped over at Syracuse, & went on the
marsh at Salina. Collected there, Ranunculus cymbalaria, mostly in seed, a
small & singular form of Plantago major, 2 Chenopods, one a Chenopodium,
the other may be a Blitum (1866. Note. One, Chenopodium glaucum, the other,
if I remember right, Atriplex hastata) and 2 or 3 very small specimens of
Samolus Valerandii. By the railroad, just east of the Cayuga Outlet crossing,
noticed, as we rushed along, a splendid pink Hibiscus in flower (H.
moscheutos).

[1862]
Aug. 23. Strawberry Island. Gerardia purpurea? (!) Polygonum amphibium. (This
was v. terrestre, but, in later years, has found there also v. natans.)

[1862]
Aug. 26. Before breakfast, Sandytown. Xanthium strumarium, a Sagittaria, one
specimen of Epilobium coloratum, 1 of Verbascum lychitis? and a Coreopsis
escaped from a garden (probably tinctorium) besides some before known weeds.
Went to Meadville, Pa. with Coleman L. Robinson and Charles Marshall, to see
the remains of a Mammoth found about 8 miles from that place. Were hospitably
received by our correspondent, A. B. Richmond, Esqu., at whose house we
stayed.

[1862]
Aug. 27. Before breakfast, collected Veronica Noveboracensis, Silene
stellata, Archangelica hirsuta, & Asters & Solidagos. Mr. Richmond
drove us, in a wagon, about 8 miles up French Creek, to the place where the
Mammoth bones had been disinterred. Found 1 plant of Lophanthus nepetoides?
[scrophulariaefolius written above] on the way & collected specimen,
think it the same plant of which I found 1 specimen on Beaver Island.

[1862]
Aug. 28. On the River bottom, & particularly the part called The Island.
Off the Island, with marshy ground on the right side of the valley, or
bottom, Polygonum arifolium, Mimulus alatus, Lycopus virginicus? Arum
draconitum (Abundant, & much larger than at Buffalo. Ranunculus
alismaefolius, Dulichium spathaceum, & a singular looking Smilax? neither
in flower nor fruit (=Dioscorea villosa.) On the Island, Impatiens pallida,
with White flowers, Cuscuta (I think not the Gronovii (but Gray decided that
it was). Euphorbia corollata, Cirsium discolor (probably altissimum) a white
spiked plant, neither Macrotrys nor Leptandra, both of which were there,
probably Sanquisorba Canadensis (which it proved to be), Lobelia spicata
& Phlox maculata. Also, one specimen of Cacalia atriplicifolia. Afternoon
In the glen above the cemetery, Apios tuberosa, a very small flowered
Helianthus (H. microcephalus), Baptisia tinctoria in seed, Clintonia borealis
in fruit, a Lespedeza & 2 or 3 Desmodiums, a liliaceus plant? in fruit
(Chamaelirium luteum), Gerardia quercifolia.

[1862]
Aug. 29. Returning homeward. At Waterford, on Atlantic & Great Western R.
R., 4 specimens of Mimulus alatus. At Corry, some specimens of Blitum
capitatum. At Jamestown, Peltandra in fruit.

[1862]
Aug. 30. At Jamestown, Lobelia siphilitica, white flowers, & 1 specimen
of a dusky red or brown. Potamogeton heterophyllus? In the deep swamp, on the
right side of the Outlet, above the village, Ribes rubrum, a Clintonia?
(borealis!) in seed. On the edge of the swamp, by the railroad, a tall
Cirsium & an umbellifer (one plant only) with tripinnatifid leaves
(Conioselinum Canadensis!). On the road to the village, Onopordum acanthium.
At Salamanca, an Aster.

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